Concord OKs liquor license for Acme

CONCORD — Supervisors voted Aug. 5, to approve a liquor license transfer for the Acme in the Concordville Town Center.

The specifics were reviewed at a hearing last month. The market is planning to open a 3,600-square-foot restaurant in the store and will augment the selection of prepared foods with a variety of beers. The beverages will be available for purchase for consumption in the eatery or to go; the former limited to two glasses, the latter to 192 ounces, or two six-packs of 16-ounce containers, said Acme representative Dan Croce.

To be known as The Frosted Mug at Acme, the restaurant will be entered through one of the main entrances to the market. Display counters and cases will separate the eatery from the rest of the store, with areas where customers may walk between them.

Hours of operation will be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week; beer will be available 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday.

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Croce said employees will be trained in the responsible alcohol management program for the ability to identify fake IDs or persons who could be intoxicated.

The license will be transferred from an establishment in Trainer. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which formerly imposed a municipality-based quota of retail licenses, replaced the system with a countywide allocation to permit transfers between communities in the same county. The terms of the restaurant license will permit sales of beer and wine and Croce indicated the store may venture in the future into wine sales for consumption on the premises.

The township requires a conditional use hearing prior to the transfer, allowing the supervisors to review land development plans. The board included the following stipulations in its resolution: all sales limited to beer and wine; consumption of alcohol limited to the inside restaurant; and take-out sales limited to 192 ounces of beer in unopened containers.

The supervisors also approved a minor reverse subdivision for Penns Woods Winery. The 1.75-acre lot containing agricultural land, 1.79-acre lot with an existing house and barn, and 1.46 grassy lot for overflow parking will be combined into a single five-acre lot.

Meanwhile, the supervisors accepted Ginny DeNenno’s resignation from the Route 322 PAC and appointed Frank Lamanna, who previously held the position of alternate to her seat, and reappointed Bruce Bilotti to the planning commission, term to expire August 2018.